Some regard Buddhism as a kind of belief. Belief also means faith. Of course faith is needed in Buddhism, but it would be oversimplified to regard Buddhism as a belief since keeping faith is only one of the aspects of Buddhism. The foundation and the priority of Buddhism are not about belief, but wisdom and compassion.
- Quote from The Right View, "Buddhism—the Definition"
When seeing the happiness of other people, two types of emotions might occur: jealousy and rejoicing. Jealousy makes us unsatisfied, while rejoicing brings us happiness and allowing our merits to increase.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
Everyone of us needs to practice dharma, including me. Because as ordinary beings, we haven’t dispelled defilements and are not free from cyclic existence. Having attained precious human life in this lifetime, we need to cherish it. If missing this opportunity, I’m afraid we’ll miss the only opportunity in many lifetimes and eons henceforth.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
The first teaching of the dharma is concerned with the precious human body. The Buddha taught us, from the point of view of the six realms of samsara, humans are significantly lucky and fortunate. If cherishing our life, we can attain supreme happiness and tranquility.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
From the perspective of material life, our era has the most abundance of material wealth in human history. We possess advanced devices and products such as airplanes, wireless, computers, etc. However, compared with ancient people, we lost freedom, which is the most precious thing in the world. We need to contemplate on this problem and make some proper choices, endeavoring to give ourself more freedom.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
If you want to get rich, the best method is to make offerings and give generously—giving to the poor and making offerings to the three jewels. This is the only way to see results in this world.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
Stress makes our life painful; desires evolve the pressures of life; hallucinations lead to various desires in space and time; and the wisdom of enlightenment can eliminate all illusions.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
What does “preliminary practice” of Tibetan Buddhism mean? It means preparatory practice. Despite the fact that ultimately we need to attain the wisdom of emptiness, without laying a solid foundation of cultivating renunciation and bodhicitta, we are not able to realise emptiness.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
Lord Buddha said, “You can pursue happiness, which is the right of humankind and the right of life. Nonetheless, happiness resulted from the material things is very unreliable. Therefore, while enjoying the happiness brought by material things such as eating, drinking, playing and so forth, we should be seeking for more noble and sublime happiness that comes within our mind. Happiness can also arise from pursuing meaningful work or the work that brings great contribution.
~Depicted from LUMINOUS WISDOM BOOK SERIES
